Yoga How To "Roll Over The Feet" from Up-Dog to Down-Dog
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Shoulders Strengthening Yoga Exercise in Downward Dog with Kino MacGregor
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Your lower back is in straight line, my shoulders and upper back's position
is good, but I have major problem with my pelvic floor/lower back area,
it's like stone, my pelvic floor doesn't want to go lower, and it's curved,
like in forward fold I can't go lower, because can't lean foward it stops
me, even on bent knees. So by doing downward facing dog I have no progress,
I can't stretch it. I'm looking for exercises which helps me stretch that,
but can't find, because I don't even know, what muscle I should stretch. It
really worries me.
Hi Kino. Your dedication to practice is amazing & this clearly shows in
your teaching. Question: When we push up out of salamba shirshasana the
shoulder blades draw 'away' (not down). This movement i.e. 'away' is what
we use in handstand. It is this same movement in down dog as I understand
it. Maybe this is a gymnastic approach?! If you you tube 'Andrei Ram Om
teaching Handstand' you can see this demonstrated. Clearly this approach is
not the classic Astanga one - or am I missing something. Om
I'm at a point with where many of asanas in primary series are starting to
be easy, almost too easy (hope won't get bored with repetition!), but all
those asanas and jumps that require strenght in the arms and core are yet
troublesome. Especially the arms!!! I've tried body pump and gym practice
to build strenght, but those didn't help much with yoga! Kino, your
techniques for building strenght seem to be excellent. Wonder, should one
do these inside yoga practice, between asanas or separated?
Hi Kino, me again. I need some advice from you if possible. I often wake up
with a stiff neck and then im off to the ciro practor. They have shown me
how to sleep corectly on my side with my legs bent and a cushin in between
my legs. The right hight of my pillow. Still i get some bad mornings, witch
of your videos should i try to follow for my problem. They say my neck is
clinching my nerves and then causes pain in the right shoulder, my whole
arm tingles and gets lame.
wow I really felt my lats kick in when I lowered my elbows to the floor.. I
think I have got into some really bad habits, plus looking at my standing
posture my shoulders are rounding forwards! I also noticed that I am not
using my core enough lowering down to chaturanga!! Phew I will be working
on shoulder strengthening and alignment for the foreseable future! I have
learnt so much from this video thank you
I have asked you a couple of questions thru YouTube. However, I asked about
the downward facing dog and shoulder weakness vs. technique. I am
attempting to strengthen my shoulders thru downward facing dog. My triceps,
my shoulders, and lats were most affected by this attempt. Should I have
felt soreness in these areas because I did it correctly or does this
soreness indicate I may have done the DFD wrong?
Hi Kino. I'm starting your Beginner Series today. One question: I can't
stand flat on my feet and do this. Is this okay at first while I build
flexibility? I can only stand flat on feet by really moving in close with
my hands. But... at this position I can't possibly lower my elbows to the
ground, even if I do one elbow at a time as directed in video.
up dog, down dog, chaturanga.. mostly those moves which we do alot as part
of the daily practice and regularly have weight & pressure on the shoulder
& shoulder joint.. :) .. trying to be mindful that incorrect alignment can
result in pressure being applied to bad areas resulting in more harm than
good :)
Kino, you said if your shoulders are healthy and strong in the downward
facing dog, then you should be able to drop to your elbows and go back to
the regular DFD. Any weakness would be attributed to weak technique?
Couldn't possibly be that one needs to build up the shoulder strength by
repeating this DFD?
I never thought yoga would be like this. Every bone in my back cracked. lol
It feels good but at the same time I feel way more out of shape than I
thought I was. BTW, were you able to do splits from the beginning of your
yoga training or did it take you a while? If so how long is normal? thx
Thanks Kino. I've been aware of your channel for some time, but never
started until now. Been doing The Five Tibetans for a couple of months now,
though. How many repetitions do you do of this? And for any of your videos
like this one for that matter... until complete muscle fatigue?
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